18:15 Down Royal

Friday 23 June 2017

All17:4518:1518:5019:2019:5520:3021:00

French Village Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 18:15 | Winning time: 3m 49.60s

1^st

Knockmaole Boy

511-12

9/2

T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell

Chased leaders, 3rd halfway, improved into 2nd after 3 out, soon closed on leader, led 2 out, soon ridden, mistake last, strongly pressed run-in, kept on well under pressure close home tchd 5/1

2^nd

Mountain Rock

511-12

15/8f

T: A KeatleyJ: Mr J J Codd

Chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden into 3rd before 2 out, stayed on in 2nd before last, pressed winner run-in, no extra close home tchd 7/4

3^rd

2 ¼

Canny Tom

711-4

5/1

T: G ElliottJ: Keith Donoghue

Mid-division early, 5th halfway, ridden after 3 out, under pressure in 4th 2 out, 3rd and no impression on leaders last, kept on same pace op 6/1

4^th

Fort Montagu

511-12

11/4

T: J W NicholsonJ: M A Enright

Led, asserted by 5 lengths after 6th, ridden and reduced advantage before 2 out, headed 2 out and slight mistake, soon no extra, 4th and kept on one pace from before last tchd 3/1

5^th

Maudlin Magdalen

711-5

50/1

T: D KinsellaJ: R Loughran

Mid-division, slight mistake 4th, 7th halfway, progress into 5th 4 out, ridden after 3 out, no impression before 2 out, kept on one pace op 40/1

6^th

L'andana

511-12

11/1

T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: R M Power

Chased leader in 2nd, ridden after 3 out, no extra before next op 12/1

7^th

Comber Mill

511-4

20/1

T: C A McBratneyJ: Paul Townend

Held up towards rear, ridden and no impression 3 out, kept on one pace behind straight op 22/1 tchd 16/1

8^th

nse

Winterberry

711-4

50/1

T: B R HamiltonJ: A E Lynch

Held up, slight mistake 4th, soon towards rear, slight mistake 4 out, ridden and no impression 3 out, kept on one pace behind straight

9^th

3 ¼

Annie Irish

611-5

40/1

T: Miss E DoyleJ: B T O'Connell

Held up towards rear, moderate 7th 3 out, soon ridden and no extra op 33/1 tchd 50/1

10^th

Mystic Embarr

611-4

66/1

T: D BroadJ: Robbie Colgan

Mid-division early, towards rear and reminder 4th, slight mistake and ridden 3 out, soon no extra op 50/1

11^th

Benefit Of Love

510-11

66/1

T: J P RyanJ: Danny Mullins

Held up towards rear, ran freely and slightly hampered 1st, rear and mistake 4 out, soon ridden and no impression, no extra next

Also Ran

Time In Boston

811-4

66/1

T: D J BarryJ: Ricky Doyle (7)

Chased leaders early, slight mistake 3rd and 4th, dropped to 6th halfway, weakened before 3 out, pulled up before 2 out op 50/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€4.00Pl:€1.50, €1.10, €1.60EX:€14.70Trifecta:€59.20SF:€13.50

Forecasts

Mountain Rock (15/8), Fort Montagu (11/4), Knockmaole Boy (9/2), Canny Tom (5/1), L'andana (11/1), Comber Mill (20/1), Annie Irish (40/1), Maudlin Magdalen (50/1), Winterberry (50/1), Mystic Embarr (66/1), Benefit Of Love (66/1), Time In Boston (66/1)

Little in the way of any significant strength in this maiden hurdle, so the placed form shown by the likes of stablemates Knockmaole Boy and Canny Tom could prove good enough. Both L'andana and Mountain Rock are fairly moderate, but also hold claims at this lowly level. However, for tonight it could pay to side with Tramore bumper winner FORT MONTAGU who really doesn't need to improve at all from his hurdles debut behind Uradel at Listowel earlier in the month to take all of the beating.